• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.394-395
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• 2011

In order to increase the power conversion efficiency and improve the power factor, a modified forward converter is proposed, which adopts a capacitive output filter instead of the inductive output filter of the conventional forward converter. Therefore, the proposed converter has wide input voltage range in opposite to that of the conventional forward converters. Moreover, the proposed converter uses the critical conduction mode for automatic current shaping to improve the power factor. As a result, the proposed converter can achieve quasi-resonant zero-voltage-switching, which can minimize the switching loss of main MOSFET. In addition, the operational principle of the proposed converter is analyzed and the characteristic of the proposed converter is investigated in this paper. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed converter, a prototype of 13W is implemented and the experimental results are discussed in more detail.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.383-394
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• 2018

This paper presents an isolated power factor correction converter for general-purpose electric vehicle chargers with a wide output voltage range. The converter is based on an asymmetrical dual active bridge structure so that the voltage stress of switching devices can be eliminated by transferring the transformer leakage inductance to the circuit parameters. Harmonic and output controls are performed by secondary switches, and primary switches are only operated at a fixed frequency with a 50% duty ratio. A harmonic modulation technique is also adopted to obtain a near-unity power factor without input current monitoring. The feasibility of the proposed charger is verified with a 3.3 kW prototype.

• Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.98-104
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• 2012

This paper presents a novel transformer isolated parallel connected full-bridge dc-dc converter using recently developed trans-Z-source network. Unlike the traditional voltage -fed or current-fed converters, the proposed converter can be open- and short-circuited without damaging switching devices. Therefore, the desired buck and boost function can be achieved and the converter reliability can be greatly improved. A 6 kW prototype dc-dc converter is built and tested to verify performances of the proposed converter.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07g
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• pp.3184-3186
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• 1999

In this paper, a new structure of fully differential delay cell VCO using quadrature phase for low phase noise and high speed operation is suggested. It is realized by inserting voltage clamp circuit into input pairs of delay cells that include three-control current source having high output impedance. In this reason. this newly designed delay cell for VCO has the low power supply sensitivity so that the phase noise can be reduced. The whole characteristics of VCO were simulated by using HSPICE and SABER. Simulation results show that the phase noise of new VCO is quite small compared with conventional fully differential delay cell VCO and ring oscillator type VCO. It is also very beneficial to low power supply design because of wide tuning range.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.235-236
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 universal line 입력 및 전 부하영역에서 영전압 스위칭(Zero Voltage Switching) 보장을 통한 500kHz 고 주파수 구동의 Dual Mode control LLC 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안 회로는 전 부하영역에서의 ZVS(영전압 스위칭)보장으로 고주파 구동이 가능하여 전원회로의 부피 중 상당량을 차지하는 수동소자의 부피를 대폭 저감 할 수 있다. 또한, 소용량 전원회로는 PFC(Power Factor Correction)의 규제가 없기 때문에 universal line 입력에 대응이 가능해야하므로, 제안회로는 변화하는 입력전압과 출력전류에 따라 PFM과 PWM의 두 가지 모드로 동작하여 universal line 입력 및 전 부하 영역에서 정확한 출력전압 제어가 가능하다. 최종적으로 제안 회로의 타당성 검증을 위하여 60W급 adapter의 전원회로를 위한 시작품을 제작하여 고찰된 실험 결과를 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.201-202
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 넓은 범위의 입력전압에서의 빠른 응답속도를 가진 고승압 양방향 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템은 2대의 Buck컨버터와 SRC(Seris Resonant Covnerter)로 구성된 3-stage 구조이며, 고승압이 가능하고 넓은 입력전압 범위에서 고효율을 성취할 수 있다. 또한 제안하는 컨버터는 모든 전압범위에서 빠른 응답속도로 제어를 하며 CC(Constant Current), CV(Constant Voltage), CP(Constant Power) 및 Pulse 동작을 수행한다. 제안하는 양방향 컨버터의 1.8kW급 시작품으로 실험을 통하여 타당성을 검증하였고, 최고효율 96%, 정격효율 90.8%를 달성하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1988.11a
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• pp.283-286
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• 1988

This paper describes the PWM cycloconverter which can provide step-up ac-ac direct conversion in a wide output frequency range. With input reactor and output capacitor. the input and output ports are exchanged. And sine PWM scheme is applied to the converter. To analyze the converter operation the state equations are derived using dq transformation. Simulated results show that both the output voltage and frequency can be controlled by adjusting the modulating functions.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.577-586
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• 2015

The combination of voltage feedforward and feedback control is a conventional approach for correcting the power factor in single-phase ac-dc boost converters. The feedback duty ratio increases significantly with an increase of the line frequency and input inductance. Therefore, the performance of the conventional approach is highly dependent on the bandwidth of the feedback controller. As a result, the input power quality can be significantly exacerbated due to uncompensated duty ratios if the feedback controller is limited. This paper proposes an input impedance and current feedforward control method to reduce the control portion of the feedback controller. The findings in this paper are 1) the theoretical derivation and analysis of variations of line frequency and input inductance on a power factor correction approach, 2) guaranteed consistent performance in a wide range of conditions, and 3) that a low switching frequency can be utilized by the proposed method. A MATLAB/Simulink model and a 1.2kW dual boost converter are built to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.44 no.6 s.360
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• pp.19-27
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• 2007

This paper presents power supply-insensitive Gbps low power LVDS I/O circuits. The proposed LVDS I/O has been designed and simulated using 1.8V, $0.18\;{\mu}m$ TSMC CMOS Process. The LVDS I/O includes transmitter and receiver parts. The transmitter circuits consist of a differential phase splitter and an output stage with the switched capacitor common mode feedback(SC-CMFB). The differential phase splitter generates a pair of differential signals which provides a balanced duty $cycle(50{\pm}2%)$ and phase difference$(180{\pm}0.2^{\circ})$ over a wide supply voltage range. Also, $V_{OD}$ voltage is 250 mV which is the smallest value of the permissible $V_{OD}$ range for low power operation. The output buffer maintains the required $V_{CM}$ within the permissible range$(1.2{\pm}0.1V)$ due to the SC-CMFB. The receiver covers a wide input DC offset $range(0.2{\sim}2.6\;V)$ with 38 mV hysteresis and Produces a rail-to-rail output over a wide supply voltage range. Beside, the designed receiver has 38.9 dB gain at 1 GHz, which is higher than conventional receivers.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.141-149
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• 2021

In the field of electric vehicles and AGVs, wireless power transfer (WPT) charging systems have been developed recently because of its convenience, reliability, and positive environmental impact due to cable and cord elimination. In this study, we propose a WPT charging system using a single stage AC-DC converter that can be reduced in size and weight and thus can ensure convenience. The proposed single-stage AC-DC converter can control a wide output voltage (36-54 VDC) within coupling ranges by using the variable link voltage applied to the WPT resonant circuit through phase-shifted modulation at a fixed switching frequency. Moreover, the input power factor and total harmonic distortion can be improved by using the proposed converter. A 1 kW prototype that can operate with an air gap range of 40-50 mm is fabricated and validated through experimental results and analysis.